Antiseptic and insecticidal soap or composition



or composition having Patented Apr. 10, 192

NG, AND WILLIAM E. HEYS, OF BUSHEY,

ENGLAND.

ANTISEPTIC AND INSECTICIDAL SOAP 0R COMPOSITION.

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To aZZ whom it may 0022 Be it known that we,

Application filed January 16, 1923.

SON, a resident of lVorthing, in the county of Sussex, England, and

of Hertford, England,

are, a resident of Bushey,

both subjects of the l VILLIAM Enwm 1n the county King of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented a new Antiseptic and sition, of which the following is a cation.

This invention relates and useful Improvement in Insecticidal Soap or Compo to antiseptic and insecticidal soaps or compositions, and has for its object to provide insecticidal properties.

an improved soap high antiseptic and According to the invention, the antiseptic and insecticidal soap or prises soap, alkali benzoate and tar.

composition com- The soap or composition. may be prepared by a mechanical admixture of soap, a suitable benzoate and tar, or by s mixture of fatty acids, tar.

aponifying an adbenzoic acid and By way of example, the improved soap or composition may soft (potash) soap 80 comprise hard (soda) or parts, sodium or potassium benzoate 10 parts, and birch tar 10 parts. which may be thoroughly incorporated by any appropriate known means.

Alternatively, position by treating; tioned mixture and birch tar with an we may prepare the comproperly proporof fatty acids, benzoic acid alkali, such as a soda lye or potash lye in suflicient quantity to saponify vert the benzoic acid into In such -method saponifi mixture must be effected ess or in any known way which involve boiling or the s soap or composition.

the fatty acids and conan alkali benzoate. cation of the ad by the cold procdoes not alting out of the Serial No. 613,060.

Although we prefer to employ birch tar in the manufacture of the improved soap or composition, we may, if desired, employ any other vegetable tar, or we may employ gas or any other mineral tar.

It will be understood that in the term fatty acids, used in the above description and in the following claims, we include the surrogates of fatty acids.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A saponaceous antiseptic and insecticidal composition comprising soap, a fixed alkali benzoate, and tar in the proportions of eighty parts of soap, ten parts of fixed alkali benzoate, and ten parts of tar.

2. That process of producing a composition of soap, fixed alkali benzoate and tar which conslsts in treating a mixture of proper proportions of fatty acids, benzoic acid and tar with a fixed alkali in sutlicient quantity to saponify the fatty acids and ROBERT MACPHERSON. WILLIAM E. HEYS. 

